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Yeah I am hoping that I will be much better in person. I've done practice interviews several times at school with local attorney's and everybody told me I interviewed really well. The main problem I had with the SEC interview is (1) it is a phone interview with two interviewers which I found kind of awkward and (2) they only asked me about my securities experience and since I am straight from undergrad I did not have any. Anyways, thanks for the advice and hopefully I will perform well in this next interview.

One more question. When I was invited to come interview the lady just told me that she would call me a couple of days in advance with the all of the people I will be interviewing with. She didn't provide any information about whether I would be reimbursed for hotel expenses or what not. I asked several people and they said I should probably email to ask if they will reimburse my hotel expenses. I recently did this and was wondering what your experience with this was and whether you think me emailing was a good idea. Not that it makes much of a difference but staying in a hotel in Manhattan is not very cheap. Thanks.

yea, as long as you phrased it right (not sounding entitled at all), i think its fine. I know its standard for nalp firms to reimburse for travel expenses, but this may just be for 2Ls. I personally never interviewed more then a twenty minute walk from where I lived, so I couldnt say for sure how it works. I dont think it ever hurts to ask the question though.

yeah here is my exact email. I think I came across nice at least I was trying to.

I am currently planning my trip to New York for March. I had a few questions as this is my first out of town interview. First, I was curious if there would be any reimbursement of hotel costs? Second, I was wondering if there were any hotels that you could recommend that are convenient to [firms name] office? Thanks in advance for your help and I apologize for all the questions. I really enjoyed getting to talk to you this morning and am looking forward to the chance to meet you come March. Thanks again.

In the future, I'd try to write to all employees with a firm in a more formal tone using correct grammar. It is a professional communication, and you are applying for a job so be sure to proofread and exhibit strong writing skills. However, you certainly don't sound rude or demanding, so I wouldn't stress out about it.